240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Christian Realism and the Revival of Public Theology analyzes Reinhold Niebuhr’s The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness 80 years after publication and argues that it provides pertinent lessons for the contemporary era. This book considers how Niebuhr’s book—as well as his other work—remains relevant and retains insights for an America which seems increasingly to be losing its moral... Read more
1. Introduction
2. The Quintessential American Public Theologian
3. Ideological Illusions of the Children of Light and the Children of Darkness
4. The Individual and the Community in Peril
5. The Community and Property in the Age of Technics
6. Democratic (In)Toleration, the Dissolution of Community, and the Vital Role of Civil Religion
7. The Impossible Possibility of World Community
8. Conclusion
Biography
Charles McDaniel is an Associate Professor of Church-State Studies at Baylor University, USA.
